Association Transition

As we enter our third year with SFA I am happy to report that things are beginning to turn around.  Our accountant has suggested we have one year reserve funds, we are at 7 months, meaning if no more money came in we would run for another 7 months. This is a very good place, we still have work to do.  Your Officers and Trustees have streamlined operations to ensure that ADAA is here to serve you, our member.

I will leave the names up, there have been some changes, if you have called or need to call the office, someone ALWAYS answers.  If they do not, please contact me cdamoosie#msn.com

John E. Kasper, PhD, CAE will act in the capacity of Executive Director for ADAA.  He has 35 years of association management experience in a wide range of areas, including leader and member interaction; policy development; membership recruitment and retention; government relations; public speaking; meeting management; staff and office management; budgeting; and statistical analysis.

Dr. Kasper is a published author on topics such as budget preparation and financial concepts for associations, evaluating candidates for political contributions, performance appraisals, job descriptions, job evaluation techniques for association management positions, and organizational change.  He has spoken on such concepts as labor relations law for health care professionals, the legislative process, and politics. He also has acted as a facilitator for medical organizations in long range/strategic planning sessions.

John E. Kasper has baccalaureate and master’s degrees in business administration (BBA and MBA) from Loyola University in Chicago.  He has a doctoral degree (PhD) in Public Policy Analysis within the Political Science Department from the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Since 1988 Dr. Kasper has been a Certified Association Executive (CAE) as designated by the American Society of Association Executives.

Catherine B. Kasper will act as the Finance Director for ADAA. She has 19 years of association management experience in certification and accreditation procedures for professional health care providers. Her experience includes administrative management; meeting management; financial management; volunteer support and committee management; staff and office management; budgeting; and statistical analysis.

Catherine B. Kasper has a baccalaureate degree in business administration (BBA) from St. Norbert College in DePere, Wisconsin.

Sidonia L. Peto will act in the capacity of Director of Education for the Association.  She has 15 years of experience in association professional education and meetings. She has managed the day-to-day operations of continuing education programs for the dental community. She has ensured compliance with the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP) Standards and obtained recognition/accreditation from the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) Program Approval for Continuing Education (PACE).  She has worked with volunteer leaders to facilitate educational planning processes for educational activities; developed, evaluated and improved the metrics and methods used to evaluate educational programming; and acted as a staff liaison to numerous Education Committees.

Ms. Peto has an MA in Education Administration/Curriculum Design from Purdue University. She also has a BA in education from Purdue University. She has completed postgraduate work at Purdue University and the Keller Graduate School of Management, MBA program.

Jennifer Porter will serve as the Director of Membership for the Association. She has 28 years of experience in membership management, information technology, and customer service. She has served as a Membership Manager for nonprofit organizations, conducted membership development and retention activities, maintained association websites, and conducted social media programs.

Ms. Porter has a BS in Management Information Systems from Elmhurst College.

Jay Kasper will serve as the Assistant Director of Membership.  He has 6 years of association administrative experience in the areas of membership and certification. He has served as a Membership and Certification Manager, and he has two years of customer service experience in for-profit companies.

Mr. Kasper has a BS in Music Business from Illinois State University.

Emma Leighton will serve as the Director of Meetings for the Association. She has 12 years of progressive management experience. She has served as a Director of Conference Planning and Continuing Education for associations, in which position she was responsible for budgets, pre-event planning, marketing, event planning/logistics, travel coordination, housing, working with presenters, on-site meeting coordination, and post-event follow-up. She has also maintained continuing education provider approvals for nine accreditation groups, ensured that all the continuing education programs offered by her associations adhered to provider guidelines, conducted needs assessments to identify hot topics, and coordinated a feasibility study for the addition of an on-line format for the associations’ continuing education offerings.

Ms. Leighton has an MA in Journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.  Her baccalaureate degree is in Interdisciplinary Studies from the same university.

Mike White will serve as the Director of Legislation for the Association. He has 8 years of experience in the association management industry with an association management company. Prior to his career in association management, he served as a staff member for the Illinois House of Representatives Minority Leader.  Mr. White successfully managed the government relations department for a fast growing medical specialty society, and he provided direct support to three separate associations. He has garnered experience in a wide array of issues which include scope of practice concerns, insurance reimbursement policies, facility accreditation standards, and legislative/regulatory analysis.

Mr. White attended Northern Illinois University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with an emphasis in political structure and American law.